avablog

I don’t know if you can be a parent and not lament at least a little bit for the world in which your kids will grow up. Maybe it’s simply because of the aura around our carefree youth made it seem like there were no troubles, or at least that there was always someone around to handle those troubles for us. Maybe it’s because, as adults, we see so much more potential for all the nasty things going on in the world to affect our lives. Maybe those are the same thing.

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I think we’ve read this book 20 times since G.G. left. Ava gets a huge kick out of the two trolls featured in the story, Mig and Tig. Mig and Tig employ the talents of a hedgehog to steal all the Christmas accouterments of a little girl named Treva and her brother Sami. Treva catches up to the trolls and teaches them about the spirit of Christmas. All well and good.

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In Ava’s forest of cuteness, one of the tallest trees is her hair. Leah likes to keep it nice and tidy, pigtailed or braided or otherwise pulled back and constrained.

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My mother and mother-in-law are presently experience the consequences of a huge influx of (mostly Russian-sent) spam e-mail. According to a recent story at CNN, nine out of 10 e-mails are now spam. Just amazing.

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